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michael shea clerked for judge buckley in 1993 and 1994. i will say that judge buckley sent our advisory committee and i believe the judiciary committee and senator blumenthal and me a very thoughtful, positive, personal letter of recommendation on mr. shea's behalf. after concluding his clerkship, michael shea joined the firm of clery, got leeb, stein and hamilton as an associate where he stayed for four years working on both criminal and civil cases and for a period of time was dispatched to the brussels, belgium office of the firm working on an antitrust investigation but much more significant than his legal work, there in brussels he met his wife, frederique and they have three wonderful children. since 1998 michael shea has been a partner at day-pitney l.l.p. where his trial and practice has included trials and appeals in personal injury and criminal and other cases. he's the chair of the appellate practice group. we found in talking to lawyers and judges around connecticut on a state and federal bench that michael shea is quite simply
michael shea clerked for judge buckley in 1993 and 1994. i will say that judge buckley sent our advisory committee and i believe the judiciary committee and senator blumenthal and me a very thoughtful, positive, personal letter of recommendation on mr. shea's behalf. after concluding his clerkship, michael shea joined the firm of clery, got leeb, stein and hamilton as an associate where he stayed for four years working on both criminal and civil cases and for a period of time was dispatched to...
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thanks to pete peterson for getting this group together and for so much else and for michael and the peterson foundation have done in terms of bringing attention to the fiscal challenge we face and mobilizing support for the rational and moral mullen thank you for the tremendous leadership and for the citizens and the recent months you have led the statement that basically the biggest risk that we have to national security is our debt and unsustainable fiscal policy is one that i totally endorse and agree with and i commend you for making it because your impact is very powerful so that is my first point. my second point is that even if we avoid the short term debt crisis, the so-called cliff, and i hope that we will, the interest on debt in the years to come will increasingly dominate the budget and pressure defense in a very serious way. so, without addressing a long-term tenure solution as the admiral has outlined, the defense budget is going to be under increasing pressure. that is inevitable and of course the interest rates haven't even started going up which is also inevitable a
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and from then on i decided that michael in life was to become someone like him, an orthopedic surgeon. not just a surgeon but an orthopedic surgeon. and, of course, then i studied when i got into college, the first semester i went into premed. but then i got old enough to volunteer, so when i became a teen i volunteered. and when i was on my final battle when i was wounded and lost my arm, it became apparent that i couldn't become an orthopedic surgeon, although my professors tried to convince me to stay in medicine, in some other field. but i decided something else. and in those days, the military give you a whole series of examinations, written and otherwise, aptitude tests. that after the whole battery of tests have been completed, the panel concluded that i should be in some sort of activity that involves a lot of people. for example, i should either be a teacher, a social worker, a minister, or politician. spent interesting combination. >> teacher in social worker, they're getting paid 125 bucks a month in hawaii. you can't raise yourself on that. and the ministry, i felt that it
and from then on i decided that michael in life was to become someone like him, an orthopedic surgeon. not just a surgeon but an orthopedic surgeon. and, of course, then i studied when i got into college, the first semester i went into premed. but then i got old enough to volunteer, so when i became a teen i volunteered. and when i was on my final battle when i was wounded and lost my arm, it became apparent that i couldn't become an orthopedic surgeon, although my professors tried to convince...
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but we need to focus on michael michael -- like a laser is debt to gdp and set log reach targets with debt to gdp with enforcement mechanisms that those milestones are it. past, realistically whatever you don't let expired, extend the end of september along with the debt ceiling limit. so you have all three things come together at once with a more realistic enforcement mechanism because obviously the nuclear device didn't work. the super committee was a super failure committee and therefore we have to recognize those kinds of devices won't work. you've got to attend a more pragmatic. >> a discussion of the fiscal class has gotten more domestic everyday. but we really can't go over it. one thing gives me a little hope in a testing to me there are three things we almost absolutely have to fix. one david mentioned the alternative minimum tax. right now we have to fix it retroactively for 2012. if we don't do that, though be over 25 million americans that getting a shock when they get their tax returns early this year or next year. they may not be able to do it early because i'm told the
but we need to focus on michael michael -- like a laser is debt to gdp and set log reach targets with debt to gdp with enforcement mechanisms that those milestones are it. past, realistically whatever you don't let expired, extend the end of september along with the debt ceiling limit. so you have all three things come together at once with a more realistic enforcement mechanism because obviously the nuclear device didn't work. the super committee was a super failure committee and therefore we...
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[applause] >> we have several regions here, two of whom are grads of our fine law school, michael and jodi your and irene is here also i believe. and any other regions are here, we thank you for all your support and your spirit. we do very much believe in engaging with the community come and we want to continue to do so in so many ways. i would echo what melissa hart said, and very importantly acknowledge the leadership in terms of the energy she brought to the white center, this lecture was her brainchild. the constitution of the activities were brainchild, and recognizing that under the board of regents, the chase award given from the president's office given to melissa hard for her work in community service. so i want to acknowledge mullah so hard. [applause] -- melissa hart. >> and finally, all of you make such a difference to us. when i think about what makes a successful of the law school, having a diverse, inclusive and collaborative community about standing -- outstanding students, faculty, alumni, and friends, gives us -- the members here come and there are several, very supp
[applause] >> we have several regions here, two of whom are grads of our fine law school, michael and jodi your and irene is here also i believe. and any other regions are here, we thank you for all your support and your spirit. we do very much believe in engaging with the community come and we want to continue to do so in so many ways. i would echo what melissa hart said, and very importantly acknowledge the leadership in terms of the energy she brought to the white center, this lecture...
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hi cain will be speaking instead of michael devonshire. american progress. so it's all yours. >> waiting for one more person. yes. the grand entrance. thank you so much for joining us. we have a great panel with a lot of different expertise. we have anthony right here, the director of the georgetown university center on education and the work force. we have the vice-president and co-director of the economic studies program at the brookings institution. we have the center for american progress of vice-president there. and then we have the president and ceo of the national small business association. so i thought we would just dive right in. you know, we talked a lot about the polling. and curious to know what aspect of the polling surprised all of you the most about what people are concerned about. you want to start? >> well, as in macro economist would say i found the data to be somewhat cheering. we saw little more optimism. i would love to see more. but we -- we confidence and a lot of uncertainty has been such a head wind for the economy over the past sev
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and michael callahan worked back here as an aide in the summers and got to know senator inouye. my thoughts, of course, with his family, including his wife, irene, his son, ken, their daughter-in-law jessica. he has a stepdaughter, jennifer and a granddaughter, maggie, named after, of course, his first wife. their loss is the nation's loss. last night we lost a noble souln daniel inn youway lived a long d and product i life.ay still, i speak for daniel's senate family when i say we're devastated by his passing. but wile we will all -- while we will all miss him, his legacy will live in the senate and in the state of hawaii as long as history is written. his place in the history books will not fade. the second longest-servingervi senator in our history, senator inouye was elected to the senate in 1962. only robert byrd served longer.r senator inouye's tradition of service began long before he uni came to the united states senate. of he was working as a medical volunteer when japanese war planes attacked pearl harbor. a boy, a teenager. w from the time he was just a kidn he wanted
and michael callahan worked back here as an aide in the summers and got to know senator inouye. my thoughts, of course, with his family, including his wife, irene, his son, ken, their daughter-in-law jessica. he has a stepdaughter, jennifer and a granddaughter, maggie, named after, of course, his first wife. their loss is the nation's loss. last night we lost a noble souln daniel inn youway lived a long d and product i life.ay still, i speak for daniel's senate family when i say we're...
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so to the extent that michael saw some good advocacy in the courtroom, i can tell you that was because i would not want to see the judge look at me in the way of process, how do you come in to my corporate and not be prepared? and so, here i'm very happy with the judge that we have and her knowledge and expertise. >> that's the end of the questions for david coombs. [applause] >> we have had these explosions of knowledge in medicine, but we have not coordinated care and all the services we have end up having so many cracks at the cracks are as harmful as the disease is that we're treating. you've got to step back and ask, you know, are we hurting people overall? on a global level, what are we doing sometimes? of course now we've got these reports saying 30% of everything we do may not be necessary in health care. we sat back, 30% of the medications we prescribe, detest the order, the procedures. this is something i think, which is for the first time really been called out as a problem. >> as part of our series looking at the so-called fiscal cliff fleming, we look at different aspects
so to the extent that michael saw some good advocacy in the courtroom, i can tell you that was because i would not want to see the judge look at me in the way of process, how do you come in to my corporate and not be prepared? and so, here i'm very happy with the judge that we have and her knowledge and expertise. >> that's the end of the questions for david coombs. [applause] >> we have had these explosions of knowledge in medicine, but we have not coordinated care and all the...
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director michael hayden, the attorney general at the time, michael mukasey, as they discussed the consequences that we would have to deal with if we continued not to move forward and put this act back in place. the agreement we reached balanced the concerns of those who feared that the national security agency had overreached with the other balance was the ongoing authority that the intelligence community needed to protect the country. that agreement is before us again to be reauthorized for another five years. the fisa amendments act protects individuals in the united states from so-called reverse targeting. it's one of the concerns people had five years ago. this would be a process which in theory could be used to monitor the communications of american citizens under the guise of spying on terrorists. it also continues to ensure that any communication originating in the united states caught in the fisa process is minimized. now, what does that mean? it means it's handled in a way that american communications can't be examined unless they have further justification. meanwhile, the bill update
director michael hayden, the attorney general at the time, michael mukasey, as they discussed the consequences that we would have to deal with if we continued not to move forward and put this act back in place. the agreement we reached balanced the concerns of those who feared that the national security agency had overreached with the other balance was the ongoing authority that the intelligence community needed to protect the country. that agreement is before us again to be reauthorized for...
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>>guest: i have four gold medals but michael phelps has light 104. and the silver has more of a matte finish. i love the bow detail. look at the inside. it has a nice silver is a perk, if you flip over to this side you have the same detail. have the cell phone pockets and here is my ankle. a little bit better. of that detail, if you look at the chain. 13 up to the fabric it is a smaller bag perfect for going out at night if you are going out on a date. this is definitely the bag to carry. i am thinking and going to have to pack light 12 things. i am going to go out for dinner a few times. this is really6 c13 this. >>host: a lot of times you have an evening bag and they are just like this big. this is what we need. >>guest: back to the wedding this is a great wedding bag. we are going to a office party, an office dinner. and a complement's will be coming from everywhere it is going to be completely fabulous it is what it is, a simple nothing to crazy. they give so much didspace.it goes nice around the shoulders. >>host: it is $59.90. offtoday, for thi
>>guest: i have four gold medals but michael phelps has light 104. and the silver has more of a matte finish. i love the bow detail. look at the inside. it has a nice silver is a perk, if you flip over to this side you have the same detail. have the cell phone pockets and here is my ankle. a little bit better. of that detail, if you look at the chain. 13 up to the fabric it is a smaller bag perfect for going out at night if you are going out on a date. this is definitely the bag to carry....
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my desk, i have a picture of my mentor, michael callahan. in fact, i have two pictures. my credenza right behind my desk. he was my mentor, my best friend. and he taught me something that i've always remembered. you can buy a resume, you can buy good looks, education, experience, but the one thing you can't buy is loyalty. and there's no one that's ever been more loyal to me than janice shelton. i congratulate her on her service to the senate and wish her the best on her retirement. along with her dear friend, bobby, who is also my friend and always will be. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from delaware. mr. coons: i ask proceedings under the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. coons: mr. president, this has been a hard work here in the senate. as we have said goodbye, as you've just seen in the remarks of the majority leader, retirements are very difficult. parting with the company of honored and treasured colleagues here in the national is a
my desk, i have a picture of my mentor, michael callahan. in fact, i have two pictures. my credenza right behind my desk. he was my mentor, my best friend. and he taught me something that i've always remembered. you can buy a resume, you can buy good looks, education, experience, but the one thing you can't buy is loyalty. and there's no one that's ever been more loyal to me than janice shelton. i congratulate her on her service to the senate and wish her the best on her retirement. along with...
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. >> michael powell and the future of television to 98:00 eastern on "the communicators" on c-span2. >> a forum on the iranian nuclear program. part of an event recently hosted by the foundation for defense of democracy here in washington d.c. this is just over 40 minutes. >> great. thanks very much, david. thank you to all of you. thank you, senator casey. grateful for your remarks and service. we are going to do a topic that is going to sound technical, non-proliferation policy in the wake of the arab spring, but i want to put this to some human terms. this is the sum of all of your panel. i spent the entire night last night time to think of a way to do this and entertaining and humorous way. there is no such a way. this is about weapons of mass destruction in the middle east. it is a serious topic, and we have very serious experts. people who are the leading rights in non-proliferation. joe had the privilege of spending a year working with in a project on the lease nonproliferation, and we're going to have a very detailed report that we will be issuing in january. well over 10
. >> michael powell and the future of television to 98:00 eastern on "the communicators" on c-span2. >> a forum on the iranian nuclear program. part of an event recently hosted by the foundation for defense of democracy here in washington d.c. this is just over 40 minutes. >> great. thanks very much, david. thank you to all of you. thank you, senator casey. grateful for your remarks and service. we are going to do a topic that is going to sound technical,...
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from your right, jim michaels, defense correspondent for usa today. maryland, national public radio. camille, defense department producer al jazeera english. josh rogen, staff writer, foreign policy magazine. george little, defense secretary of special assistance for public affairs. managing editor of "the washington post." dr. ashton carter, deputy secretary of defense. allyson fitzgerald, a freelance journalist and the chairwoman of the speaker's committee. i'm going to speak this -- skip the speaker for a minute. adana, reporter for usa today and past president of the national press club and speakers' committee organized today's luncheon. dr. jim miller, undersecretary of the defense policy. larry moffey editing manager army magazine. john, past president of the national press club and former commander of american legion post number 20 at the national press club. joe, incoming editor-in-chief, aviation week and past chairman of the national press club board of governors. paul schenck minn, national security reporter, u.s. news and world report. [ap
from your right, jim michaels, defense correspondent for usa today. maryland, national public radio. camille, defense department producer al jazeera english. josh rogen, staff writer, foreign policy magazine. george little, defense secretary of special assistance for public affairs. managing editor of "the washington post." dr. ashton carter, deputy secretary of defense. allyson fitzgerald, a freelance journalist and the chairwoman of the speaker's committee. i'm going to speak this...
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the rules come into play, those people that have insurance today are going to see very substantial as michael indicated in the column, very substantial premium increases on the order of 25, 30%, 40%. you can ask any execs that is going to happen and they will tell you it's true. >> host: marion, south carolina, independent caller. >> caller: of eink -- i don't know why republicans want to pick up the so-called entitlement programs. i don't think that is the problem. and i know that you mentioned something about the stimulus. welcome the president bail out the banks the problem is they've got the money and start giving it back. i think we wouldn't have anything. i think we should support the government to have the government-run think that way everybody can live the right way people satisfied and everybody wants to work but you still have a decent job. you know, we have to realize most screwed the country of so bad that we are making it now so it's not the entitlement program commits the ones like the on necessary war for all that money was spent on and the independent contractors that were co
the rules come into play, those people that have insurance today are going to see very substantial as michael indicated in the column, very substantial premium increases on the order of 25, 30%, 40%. you can ask any execs that is going to happen and they will tell you it's true. >> host: marion, south carolina, independent caller. >> caller: of eink -- i don't know why republicans want to pick up the so-called entitlement programs. i don't think that is the problem. and i know that...
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the panelists but let me say there's one change and that is ken goody as read be speaking instead of michael ettlinger from american progress. with that, nancy, it's all yours. >> just waiting for one more person. yes, the grand entrance. thanks so much for joining. we have agreed panel with a lot of different expertise. we have anthony carnevale, the director of the georgetown university center on education and the work force. we have karen dynan of the economic studies program at the brookings institution. we have ken goody coming in by saying it right? goode, excuse me. and then we have tom mccracken president and ceo of the small business association. i thought we would just dive right in. we talked a lot of the polling and i'm curious what aspect of the polling surprised all of you the most about what people are concerned about. karen, you want to start? >> sure. as a makarov economist, i would say i found the data to be somewhat cheering. we saw a little more optimism. i would like to see more optimism than that. but you know, be confident and a lot of uncertainty has been a headwind f
the panelists but let me say there's one change and that is ken goody as read be speaking instead of michael ettlinger from american progress. with that, nancy, it's all yours. >> just waiting for one more person. yes, the grand entrance. thanks so much for joining. we have agreed panel with a lot of different expertise. we have anthony carnevale, the director of the georgetown university center on education and the work force. we have karen dynan of the economic studies program at the...
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for the information all senators, we expect a roll call vote on the nomination of michael shea at about 5:30 we'll go into executive session at 5:00 and move toward that. mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that no amendments be in order to h.r. 6156. following the reporting of the bill, there be up to five hours of debate, equally divided between the two leaders or their designees. during today's session. then on tomorrow, thursday, december 6, th at a time to be determined by the majority leader after visiting with and consulting with the republican leader, there be up to ten minutes of debate equally dividedly divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees and among the use or yielding back of time, the senate proceed to vote on passage of that bill. the presiding officer: is there objection? mr. mcconnell: reserving the right to object -- the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: last week secretary geithner brought up for the president an offer that was so unserious, it makes me wonder what the point of it was. in light of that offer, i'd li
for the information all senators, we expect a roll call vote on the nomination of michael shea at about 5:30 we'll go into executive session at 5:00 and move toward that. mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that no amendments be in order to h.r. 6156. following the reporting of the bill, there be up to five hours of debate, equally divided between the two leaders or their designees. during today's session. then on tomorrow, thursday, december 6, th at a time to be determined by the majority...
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. >> michael powell on the future of television tonight eight eastern on "the communicators" on c-span2. >> and also here on c-span2 will have the senate returning at 2 p.m. eastern. coming in for general speeches. at 5:00 expected to take up an extension of fdi in insurance. that's transaction guarantee program. a vote on moving forward with a bill is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. >> off the floor last week and housing secretary shaun donovan testified before a senate panel about raising credit standards in limiting the size of mortgages eligible for fha financing. the hearing followed a government report that projects $16 billion deficit in the fha fund. this hearing before the senate banking committee runs about 90 minutes. >> i call this hearing to order. i ask you to testify today -- [inaudible] i would like you to tell the committee -- gain insight into the fiscal challenges of the fha. what they can do to mitigate losses -- [inaudible]. fha has been helping to stabilize the mortgage markets by ensuring that qualified loans, and for some home buyers have access to mortgage credit since
. >> michael powell on the future of television tonight eight eastern on "the communicators" on c-span2. >> and also here on c-span2 will have the senate returning at 2 p.m. eastern. coming in for general speeches. at 5:00 expected to take up an extension of fdi in insurance. that's transaction guarantee program. a vote on moving forward with a bill is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. >> off the floor last week and housing secretary shaun donovan testified before a senate...
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. >> michael powell on the future of television, tonight eight eastern on "the communicators," on c-span2. >> we are live this morning at the woodrow wilson center here in washington where immigrationworks u.s.a. is hosting a forum on the impact of the latino vote 2012 presidential race. panelists will analyze the outcome of november's election and whether it will impact immigration policy. among the speakers today, a member of president obama's presidential campaign, dan restrepo, and "washington times" political editor, stephen finan. this is live coverage on c-span2. >> [inaudible conversations] >> [inaudible conversations] >> [inaudible conversations] >> [inaudible conversations] >> [inaudible conversations] >> [inaudible conversations] >> [inaudible conversations] >> once again we are live on c-span2 at the immigrationworks u.s.a. at the woodrow wilson center for a forum hosted by immigrationworks u.s.a., look at the impact of the latino vote on the 2012 presidential race. we do expect it to get started in just a moment here. also starting live on the companion network c-span3, the p
. >> michael powell on the future of television, tonight eight eastern on "the communicators," on c-span2. >> we are live this morning at the woodrow wilson center here in washington where immigrationworks u.s.a. is hosting a forum on the impact of the latino vote 2012 presidential race. panelists will analyze the outcome of november's election and whether it will impact immigration policy. among the speakers today, a member of president obama's presidential campaign, dan...
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[laughter] i want to thank everybody for coming, and particularly i want to thank michael panelists here. rob satlof and i have been debating this issue for almost a decade. certainly with brett i can say i don't think i've ever disagreed with brett accept on this issue, and i particularly have to thank my colleague, brian katulis at the center for american progress. it shows the left and right can come together on certain issues and it's particularly brave to be here because on occasion i have looked at the web site and i sometimes find they are depicted as the son of satan. so i'm not sure what that makes brian. but i will just say -- let's be frank. what we are talking about is do you prefer dictatorship to democracy because that is what the resolution really is. because we know that if you actually have a free vote, right now the islamists are always going to do well and they are probably going to triumph. that may not be the case down the road. but right now if you have a free vote they will try. certainly in my mind that makes the vote unavoidable in the essential because if you be
[laughter] i want to thank everybody for coming, and particularly i want to thank michael panelists here. rob satlof and i have been debating this issue for almost a decade. certainly with brett i can say i don't think i've ever disagreed with brett accept on this issue, and i particularly have to thank my colleague, brian katulis at the center for american progress. it shows the left and right can come together on certain issues and it's particularly brave to be here because on occasion i have...
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legislature and having served as speaker of the ohio house and a member of the ohio senate, and then finally michael pitts, law professor at indiana university, a specialist in voting rights, election administration and related matters. former law clerk on the eighth circuit and an attorney in the voting rights section of the civil rights division of the justice department. so i think first we'll hear from secretary of state tenant. >> good afternoon, everyone. it is good to be here and i must say that as a secretary elect i was here four years ago and honored to be back again have the opportunity. we are talking about ensuring integrity and data access and vote access at the same time. what i was asked to talk about is what west virginia does and how we have our voter id laws. again west virginia does have identification law, and many of them follow what many other states follow, especially when it comes to the help america vote act and the requirements but i will give you a brief of what it takes. the help america vote act, and since we had our discussion today, this is a very bad thing. i am tryi
legislature and having served as speaker of the ohio house and a member of the ohio senate, and then finally michael pitts, law professor at indiana university, a specialist in voting rights, election administration and related matters. former law clerk on the eighth circuit and an attorney in the voting rights section of the civil rights division of the justice department. so i think first we'll hear from secretary of state tenant. >> good afternoon, everyone. it is good to be here and i...